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Jessica had it all. She was the daughter of former wrestling star and mayor of Metro City Mike Haggar and girlfriend to Cody Travers, one of the coolest and toughest boys around. But now she has been mysteriously kidnapped!

Take to the streets with either Haggar or Cody and fight your way across town deep into the turf of the Mad Gear Gang. As you cross town, fight with all your strength to save the one you love.

Enjoy unmatched beat 'em up action in this arcade classic, and discover just who is behind the Mad Gear Gang in what may be Metro City's final fight.

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Wii U eShop Review

Back in the late '80s and early '90s — when arcades were still the biggest draw for dedicated gamers — Capcom was the company to beat when it came to coin-op success. It produced a string of classics around this time, most of which saw conversions on...

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Virtual Console Review

Final Fight is one of those coin-ops that defines a generation. It was simply the only arcade game to be seen playing in the late 80's/early 90's. When the SNES conversion was confirmed, I was heartbroken - being a Mega Drive owner, I had hoped that the...

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I would like to know which is the best side scroller/ beat 'em up game on the Turbo Grafx 16, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, or Nintendo 64. Please tell me which one you think is best. I ask of this because I don't want to waste any Wii Points on any game if there is going to be a better version of it.

No Mendez, very few games are altered from their original release. Even then its because the alterations were necessary (Kid Icarus' password system and the removal of the offical licenses on Tecmo Bowl) - unfortunately alterations to make the game more fun aren't implemented yet. I was very shocked at all the people on GameFAQs who were angry with this game for not being identical to the arcade when it was made available to download.

Best side scroller fighting game? Thats easy - Streets of Rage 2 and I haven't even played it yet.

You said it, Bass. Roxy & Poison were replaced by Billy & Sid (If I'm right), there's no co-op, one stage was missing (along with guy), & it was very censored. The arcade version is definitely better. You can find the arcade version of this on Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 1 on X-Box or PS2, or CCC: Remixed on PSP.

Final Fight was and still is the best scrolling beat'm up ever!! I never understood people who think streets of rage is better. To me it's just one of the many clones, who ripped of numerous gangmembers, bosses and stages from this awesome classic! Final Fight rules!!!

Final Fight 1 was one of the early SNES games so Capcom were still getting to grips with the SNES hardware. The two player option would have been killed to prevent slowdown and memory constraints are most likely the reason why Guy is not playable in this version.

The SNES was obviously capable of a fully featured conversion of FF but at the time gamers were just glad to get their hands on an almost arcade perfect home version of this excellent game despite the flaws.

i'm curious about this one. i love beat 'em ups and in beat 'em up land, capcom always delivers (X-men: mutant apocalypse, knights of the round, dungeons and dragons: tower of doom, magic sword, king of dragons, captain commando, etc...).

i remember when i was younger, i played this a lot in the arcade and i think i rented this port a few times. still, i can't remember how good the port actually was. i remember final fight 2 rocked but i can't for the life of me remember anything about this port.

meh... i'll just wait until final fight 2 i guess. at least i have the streets of rage games to tide me over...

I can't see people downloading Final Fight Guy if they already downloaded the original SNES Final Fight game.

I wonder when they'll put Final Fight 2 and 3 on Virtual Console. I know Capcom doesn't like those two games much (apparently Nintendo made them make sequels to cash in on the original's popularity) but they're still better than most Virtual Console games. I'd also like NES Mighty Final Fight some time.

Having played all of the Final Fight games (except for Revenge), I can't give this more than three stars. Final Fight 3 beats this original completely in terms of fun.

Eh. It was the best-looking beat 'em up of its day, but the lack of 2-player support on the SNES version REALLY hurts it. It definitely has its moments if you don't mind going solo but for this sort of thing Streets of Rage 2 & 3 are better in nearly every way, especially if you've got a friend along.

I bought this game because I loved the arcade version but I was completely disappointed with this version. I had forgotten that sometimes when arcade games are released to consoles they often don't translate well. BAD PURCHASE!!!!

I played the SNES version of this game years ago in a hotel that offered SNES games for extra cost. Back then I didn't realize how lacking the SNES version of this game is. No Guy, bad music, bad name changes (Why Thrasher instead of Damnd? WHY!?), you have to start at the beginning of the level every time you die, even one of the stages was omitted. Even the emulation of this game on Final Fight Streetwise was better. In short, even if you're a Final Fight fan like me, do not buy this game. Hopefully, Sega CD games will one day become available in VC and you can buy Final Fight CD instead. It's got everything this port lacks.

I remember when this game was only on import for the SNES and was the most impressive game pre- Streetfighter 2. Its actually an ok game but you'll get pretty bored of it after a while. Out of this and Streets Of rage I'd pick SoR, more options and a better game even if doesnt look as good

This is a good conversion despite it being single player only and missing Guy, but where the hell are Final Fight 2 and 3? We've got the entire Streets of Rage trilogy, so why don't Capcom and Nintendo complete the FF trilogy already?! I think the sequels are better if only for the fact that they have co-op mode.

i didnt play this for long, but thats cuz i wanted final fight 2, which is multiplayer its awesome game to fight, the 2 best ones are double dragon 2 and final fight 2 imo, mostly for multiplayer, but also cuz i know them best (that also is cuz of multiplayer)so wont buy this one in case final fight 2 comes on VC, which i will buy once it is here

I hear you, Matt. Especially after its been so long since the three Streets of Rage games have been released on VC. For whatever reason though, the Super Nintendo is getting a poor deal out of the VC and many games that should be on are not. I'd download Mighty Final Fight if they released it on the NES VC though.

Final Fight was one of my favorite arcade games as a kid, so I was pretty excited when I got my Wii and made this one of my first purchases. I have to say I was somewhat disappointed; all concerns about the Super NES version aside, this game is just way too difficult. Hopefully the arcade versions of this and the Double Dragon series are released one of these days, though I get the feeling Nintendo is winding down Virtual Console. 6 out of 10